Rally Blog
Good Grief: A Validating Discussion on Infant Loss, Miscarriage & Bereavement
Author: Blair
This is one of the breakout sessions featured at our spring 2021 Fertility Rally Live […]
Labor & Delivery & Postpartum Tips
Author: Blair
At one of our Pregnancy After Infertility Support Groups, we all shared the best tips and advice we have received both for what to bring to the hospital or birthing center and for recovery postpartum. It was so helpful, we decided to put it in a blog post to reference time and time again… Padcicles […]
Q & A w/ Joshua Klein MD, FACOG
Author: fabfertility
On Monday, June 29th, we had an incredible “All Things IVF” virtual event, during which Dr. Joshua Klein, co-founder of Extend Fertility.
What Are the Potential Outcomes for Our Mosaic Embryo?
Author: Blair
Hi, Fellow Rally Members! My name is Brittany Richardson and my husband and I have been trying to expand our family since January 2019.
How a Ketogenic Diet Lead to A Healthy Pregnancy: Sarah’s Story
I thought that I’d failed as a woman. Around me, I would find people having babies everywhere. Of course I was happy for them, but on the other hand I kept wondering, Why isn’t it working for me? I was filled with great fears that I might never become a mother. The social pressure as well as the longing […]
What Does Your Heart Truly Desire? An Overlooked Step In The Infertility Journey
by Josephine Atluri Our infertility journey was an arduous battle that spanned the course of 15 years. Our quest to create a family began with many years of failed IVF treatments and miscarriages then finally becoming pregnant, only to lose our boy/girl twins at 17 weeks. After this devastating experience, we pivoted the direction of […]
Q & A w/ Kristen of @ILikeMyEggsFertilised
Is there such thing as a “perfect embryo”? If so, what does it look like? Yes I have seen text book perfect embryos! A perfect day 3 would have even cells with minimal fragmentation. A perfect blastocyst would have a nice big inner cell mass with tightly packed cells and many layers of plump trophectoderm […]
10 Fertility Instagram Accounts You Need to Follow Right Now
Fun fact: Fertility Rally co-founders Blair and Ali met through Instagram, became friends after appearing on each others’ podcasts, and went on to launch Fertility Rally—BUT THEY’VE STILL NEVER MET IN REAL LIFE. Crazy, right? Point being: Instagram is an amazing way to connect with like-minded women (and guys!) in this community—and you never know […]
Thoughts on Queer TTC, From Discrimination to Expensive Sperm
Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a mother. It wasn’t until I was married at 30 that my wife and I start to talk about family planning logistics. Oh right – my wife! Let’s start there: I’m in a same sex marriage. I met my wife on January 1st, 2015 on […]
Q & A w/ Natalie Crawford MD
Is infertility becoming more common these days? Yes. The reason is likely multifactorial – delay in conception, environmental toxins/diet, medical conditions, stress, increase in awareness/diagnosis, but regardless – infertility feels very isolating and like you are alone, but you are not. You have an entire community with you. What do you suggest for women wanting […]
What Does My Thyroid Have to Do With My Fertility
Thyroid health was not something I thought about until I started thinking about starting a family. A few years ago, I drug myself into my internist’s office to discuss my anxiety issues (a topic for another day) and, as part of that appointment, had a blood panel done. When I got a call a week […]
Deciding on Donor Treatment Isn’t Easy
Even though I got married a bit “later” in life, at the ripe old age of 35, it never really occurred to me that we might “struggle” to conceive. I mean I’d always just worked hard and got what I wanted, considered myself pretty lucky in fact, so why should having a baby be any […]
Infertility Is Not A Competition
Since launching my podcast, Infertile AF, in March 2019, I’ve interviewed nearly 100 women and dozens of men about their journeys to build their modern families—and I’ve learned a few things for sure. First, no two stories are the same. Even more than a year into this, each time I interview someone, I’m amazed at […]
